Gas-producer.



J. RBULEAUX. V GAS PRonficBB'. APPLICATION II LED F3116, 1908.

948,249.. I Patented Feb. 1, 1910. v I anus-sum 1.

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J. REULEAUX, GAS PRODUCER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16, 1909.

Patented Feb, 1,1 910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES t i l l UNITED STAT TEN- Josiah or wx xmsisim rhhns nvalsiie.e8

. ZLAUGHLIN, or SEWICK To all whom it ')rza -conce1'1'z. p 1 tie it known that I, Josie-r REULEAUX, of

' \Yilhinsburg, .in'the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvan a, have nvented 5 certain newand useful Improvements in GasfPr'i-nlucers; and I do hereby declare the following to v be a full, clear, and exact de-' scription of the invention, such as will on- 'ahle others slr ilethin the art. to which itappertains to make and'use th'esaxhe.

I The primary object of this inventionis to provide in a gas producer simple and l'iighlyv eflicient' means for effectively stirring. or

- Y g t tin the fuel lied and breaking the clinkers. a

The invention will be hereinaft'erfully set :forth and particularly .pointed out in the claims.

, In, the acctnnpanying drawings, Figure l a vertical sectional 'viewon line 1l,

tators and the water supply boxi Fig. 5

is a horizontal section on line 55, Fig. 4'.

Fig. 6' is a fragmentary sectional, view through one of the clinkerc'rushing plates.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates;

the producer body which'is supportedwholly by brackets 2.-' From thisbody depends an ash-hopper 3" the lower nd of which is sealed by the-water introg'gh'4, which-latter ring- 5.-

The trough issupportedb ro lers, one of which is;

I shown at 6', in 1g. 1. 1

7 desi nates the conical like'.'stationary gra te,=- w ich is shownfas composed'of a to-series of "spacedapart "members. fi kedlyz mounted on a eeiitral support 8; ,This sup port is surrounded by a'secondwa'tertrough'.-

.-"9 into' which projected plate 10 dependingfi'oni WatefitrOUgh-L I. 4 5. 1-2 desi ates a series of ag tators which 3 arecaus'e to revolve'withthewate'r trough and overthe gratel Th'eg areshownas oon sisting each of a hollow, ar extending from theatxial centerofthigrate down and o er- '150 lthelatter, theiilo'wer endsbeing connected to trough 4. -Onelagitatorm,ay, in some inv 'nstancesysufiic butl prefer ;to use three, as

shown in the, drawings, so that. each inay travel on a different plane, and thus increase -charged il'ito troughl)... i

. j". 2. I ig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view" oii--,line 2'2,-Fig. 1, with =parts'on1itted.

Fig. 3 is a plan view, with parts omitted, of the grate. Fig. 4' is an enlargedfvertical. i-25 sectional view of the inner ends of the-agi- LEY, rENnsY vA-Nm; 1

I1 ASfPRODUCERF -g 43,24 9: v I speifi'catidir flettersEaterie P t nted Feb."191 0 1 Ap'plicatioii filed rebma yis, 1909. serial Hen 478,258. 1

I the extent ofagitation of fucLhe'd. ,The

highest 'ofthese isilid'ica ted in Fig. 1 by dot; anddash; flhese agitators I-have shown-as supported at the center of thegrate bybr'acfcs 3, and through each agitator-extends a pipe 14, which pipe 21-bit; inner end opens into a when T0 .nnexnnnnnas. the agitators and trough-4t are actuated.

Pipes 1- are providcd with alves: and

l8,'and the water from these fpipes iis dis-' 0 further aid-in breaking'the ieliiihorsth'e ash-hopper 31 1a be 'providedjvith a series.

of solid ribs 19, andan'upper series of 1101- low 1'i bs"20 both extending inivardly, the

ribs QO'beiiig'coolcd by water froin'a troughfi, 21 surrounding the ash -fhoppen' {For the.

I purpose oft-rushing su-cli-cllnhers asmay' pass betwveen'the. ribs and the agitators'fl provide the inner wall of trougl'r ;4=with plat'es'22 which are gradually carved out- -wardly toward th,e'ash.-ln pper to lessen the distance between themselves and the hopper. so' that as the trough is rotated clinkers will be. crushed before'they'pass beneath the 'sea'led' end'ofthe hopper. I

elaim as my invention'z 1. In a gas.' producer, ythe combination with a stationary producer-body, and a sta- ,tionary ash-hoppei', of a stationary 'ra-te', a

rotary water trough forming a seal, 'or'said with the rotation: of said watertrou h.

hopper, .and meansfor agitating the fuel .bed ievoluble over said grate oonc'urrentl'yf with a stationary producer-body, and" an ash-hopperidepending from the latter, of a,

stationary; grate, a}, rotary' 'wate'r 't-rough form ng als'eal forsaid ash-hopper, and

said trough;

-means for-agitating the iuel bed carried by 3. In "a; gas producer, the combination with a stationary producer-body, and an ashhopper depending from thelatter, of, a sta ltionary grate, a. rotary' water -.troug'h forn1-.

ingaseal for said ash ho'pper, anagitator' armextendmg from the center, Of'SiIld grate .j and oa-rried'by said water trough, and means for cooling said ar1n.. '4'. In a gas producer, the combination with a stationziryproducer-body, and an ash-hopper depending'from' the latter, of a stationary, grate, a rotary] water trough water box 15. .Water is supplied .to this forming a sealfifor ;-said ash-hopper, and series of water cooled agitator arms arranged on different planes and extending over said grate and ca-rried' by'said trough. 6 5. Ina gas producer, the .combinatwn with a stationary producer-body, and an ash hopperdepending from the latter, ofa stationary grate, a rotary water trough forn m a seal for said. ash hop'per; aserleseof 10 "agitator arms having thelr inner -ends. j mounted at the axial center of said grate and connected .at thei'r outer'ends to said {water trou h, and means for Supplying a cooling medlum to said IalmS- at the lnner ends.

15 thereof.

Ina gas producer, the combination with a stationary. producer-body, and an asl1 -l1'opper depending from" the latter, of'a.

stationary grate, a rotary water trough 20 f0r1'ning .a seal forsaid ash-hopper, 'a sec r 0nd water gtrou'gh, aplate' depending from the first mentioned water 'trou gh:into the second water trough, a -series of, agitatorf arms designedto revolve, with the first men- '25 tioned water trough'andje'x-tendedj over said "grate from the axial centerthereof, a'wat-er.

' box, and a series of pipes leading from said- -hopper. ,7 v i- '8. In a gas producer, the combination with a stationary producer-body, and an box through said arms and opening at their outer endsm'to said second water trough.

7. In a gas producer, the combination "with a stationary. prot'lucer-body, and an ash-hopper depending therefrom, of a .sta-

-tionary grate, a rotary watertrou'ghform- 4 ing a seal figr said hopper, and crusher plates secured to the inner wall of said hog-- 1 per and curved. outwardly toward the as ash-hopperdepending therefroIn andfhavover-said n-ate and revoluble with said water trough. .7 In testin ony'whereof, I have signed this specification in the'presence' of -two subscribing-witnesses H 1 JOSEF REULEAUX. '-Wit-nesses: ji 1 1 Franc s S. MAGUIRE,-

' JOHN-1A. Munrnri 

